Lectionary Calendar

Monday, May 20th, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Transliteration

Pûwʻâh

Phonetics

poo-aw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root meaning to glitter

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Puah = “splendid”

1) one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

Frequency Lists

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Exodus 1

NAS (1)

Exodus 1

HCS (1)

Exodus 1

BSB (1)

Exodus 1

WEB (0)

WEB (1)

Exodus 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מּוּעָה proper name, feminine a midwife Exodus 1:15, Φουα.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פּוּעָה (i.q. Arabic فُوهَةُ “mouth;” according to the opinion of Simonis, for יְפוּעָה “splendid”), [Puah], pr.n. f. Exodus 1:15.

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List of Word Forms

פּוּעָֽה׃ פועה׃ pū‘āh pū·‘āh puAh